Manchester United's January signing Bruno Fernandes has revealed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was a key factor in his £68million move.
The Portuguese midfielder made the switch from Sporting Lisbon to Old Trafford in January on a five-and-a-half year deal and he has certainly hit the ground running.
Fernandes won the Premier League's Player of the Month award for February after making an instant impact at United.
The 25-year-old has opened on why he wanted to complete a transfer to United and how Solskjaer played his part.
'Since the beginning I wanted to join Manchester United,' he told the MUTV.
'For me, the most important was obviously the confidence of the coach. I need to know I am backed from the coach, because sometimes when you change club, not every time the coach wants you.
'Not like I need to come because the coach wants me to play, no, not like this, but I want to feel the confidence from the coach. "You come, you are a choice for me and you come. I need you, I want you". It's not like you come and I ask "but I will play?"
'No, this for me is not the point. For me, the point is the confidence he has in me.'
Fernandes has scored three goals and supplied four assists in just nine appearances for United.
